2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships Program

2020–21 IONA MEN’S & WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

MEN’S ROSTER

QUICK FACTS LOCATION NEW ROCHELLE, NY NICKNAME GAELS COLORS MAROON & GOLD YEAR FOUNDED 1940 PRESIDENT SEAMUS CAREY, PH.D. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MATTHEW GLOVASKI HOME ARENA HYNES CENTER (2,578)

No.

Name

Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown

0 1 2 3 4 5

Berrick JeanLouis

Jr.

G 6-4 195 Lehigh Acres, FL

Colton Cashaw

Sr. Sr.

G 6-2 185 Charlotte, NC

Asante Gist Ryan Myers Parker Weiss Tahlik Chavez Dwayne Koroma

G 5-10 185 East Orange, NJ

Fr.

G 6-0 170 Brooklyn, NY

So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr.

G 6-2 175 Naples, FL

G 6-1 160 Arlington, TX

11 12 13 15 20 23 24 44 50 55

F

6-7 190 Berlin, Germany

Jordan Brooks

G 6-4 190 Grayson, KY G 6-5 185 Queens, NY

Omar Rowe

Johan Crafoord

F

6-8 230 Stockholm, Sweden

Isaiah Ross

G 6-3 200 Davenport, IA

Nelly Junior Joseph

Fr.

F F

6-9 230 Benin City, Nigeria

Dylan van Eyck

Sr.

6-8 210 Boskoop, Netherlands

James Carey

So.

G 5-10 160 Pelham, NY

PLAYER TO WATCH Senior IsaiahRoss isoneof fiveholdovers fromlast year’s IonaCollegemen’sbasketball program. Under the leadershipof first yearHall of FameheadcoachRick Pitino, Rosshas showngrowth inall aspectsof hisgame. This season, theDavenport, IAnative isaveragingover 20 pointsper gameandshootingproficiently fromthe floor andbeyond thearc. He ranksamong theMAAC leaders in pointsper game, fieldgoal percentageand three-point fieldgoal percentage. Before theseasonRosswasnamedPreseasonAll-MAAC SecondTeamandvotedoneof Iona’scaptainbyhis teammates. He livedup to themarkand thrivedon the expectationsearly this seasonbeingnamed theMAAC Player of theWeek three times inaspanof sixweeks. NOTABLE ALUMNI One of the finest all-around players to ever wear the Iona uniform, Jeff Ruland was instrumental in putting the Gaels’ basketball program on the national map. In his three seasons at Iona, Ruland was a dominant force, bursting onto the scene to lead the Gaels and the nation’s freshmen in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. The dominance continued as the 6-10 center led Iona to a three-year record of 69-21 (.767) and the Gaels’ first two NCAA Tournament appearances. The two-time All-America (1979 and 1980) went on to be a second-round selection (25 th overall) in the 1981 NBA draft.

Trey James

Fr.

F F

6-10 240 Inez, KY

Osborn Shema

So.

7-0 200 Kanombe, Rwanda

Head Coach: Rick Pitino (Massachusetts ’74) – 1 st Season Assistant Coaches: Tom Abatemarco (Dowling ’73) – 1 st Season, Casey Stanley (Iona ’08) – 1 st Season, Ricky Johns (Utah ’07) – 4 th Season Director of Operations: Joseph Kuhl (Texas ’15) – 1 st Season Assistant to the Head Coach: Jeff Martin (LeTourneau ’17) – 1 st Season

HEAD COACH RICK PITINO Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Pitino is in his first season at the helmof the Iona Collegemen’s basketball programand 33 rd as an NCAA Division I head coach. Rick Pitino has taken four different programs to the NCAA tournament and coached two national championship teams. During his first 32 seasons as a collegiate head coach, He held a 770-271 overall record and a 54-19 record in the NCAA Tournament. Coach Pitino became the first coach to take three different schools to the NCAA Final Four and first coach towin an NCAA Championship at two different schools. He holds the third highest winning percentage in NCAA Tournament games (.740) among all active coaches. Rick Pitino, who has a stellar reputation for success on the court and a dedication to student-athlete academic success, has served as head coach of the University of Louisville (2001-2017, winning the 2013 NCAA Championship), University of Kentucky (1989–1997, winning the 1996 NCAA Championship), Providence College (1985–1987), Boston University (1978–1983) and Hawaii (last six games 1975–1976). And, while often choosing to do so anonymously, he has served as a charitable benefactor for a broad spectrumof worthy causes.

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